Comtaiitek for string-wails



1. P. nsosH.

CONTAINER FOB STRING NAILS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 3o. |918.

Patented June 17, 1919.

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JOHN P. DUBOSH, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CONTAINER FOR STRING-MAILS.

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Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented J une 17, 1919..

Application led April 30, 1918. Serial No. 231,623.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. DUosH, a subject of the Austro-Hungarian Government, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Containers for String-Nails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying` drawings.

The objects of my invention are to provide, lirst, means whereby a package of coiled string-nails may be released from its astenings, be retained in coiled form, and be unwound without becoming snarled or broken; and, second, means whereby each of two or more separate packages of coiled string-nails may be released, retained and unwound without becoming snarled or broken.

My invention may be embodied in forms that are simple in construction, and inexpensive to manufacture.

It is designed primarily for use in connection with a device, which I call ahandnailer, but its use is not necessarily limited thereto; said hand-nailer being i'ully described and claimed in application for Letters Patent for device for driving or positioning nails or the like, No. 231,624, and liled by me, April 30, 1918.

lVith my invention, the hand nailer may be useduntil the coils of one size of nails are, or are not, entirely used up; or, if after using nails of one size, any other size is required, then the nailer may have fed into it a string of longer or shorter nails.

In ne, by means of my invention, there is at hand means whereby the operator has a supply of string-nails of the required size or sizes. Y d

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best embodiment of the same in operative structure,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention arranged upon a standard, and

-shovvs how my hand-nailer, indicated in dotted lines, may be supplied with nails from any one of a number of containers for coils of string-nails;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, in elevation, and partly broken away to show the coils of a package of string-nails within a container, and a freed portion of the string partially withdrawn from the container;

Fig. 3 is a cross section, on line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sideview of an empty container, with ring-cover separated therefrom;

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary views, illustrating means for removably securing the ring-cover tothe cylindrical portion of the container.

A container 1, for a package of coiled string-nails 2, Figs. 2 and 3, is provided. It has a hollow metallic cylinder 3 with a base 4; and a drum portion 5, secured to cylinder. To the exterior end of the drum 5 is fixed a circular plate 6, parallel with the base 4 of the cylinder; the outer edge of the plate being provided with an outwardly extendingnail-guiding flange 7. A ring-cover 8 with an inner edge flange 9, and an outer edge flange 10, extending inwardly, serves to close all of the ring opening end of the container, excepting the space 11 left between the inner flanged edge of the ring-cover 9, and the nail guiding flange 7, of the drum, and serving as an outlet space through which the reed strand of nails 12 may be withdrawn.

This ring-cover 8 may be removably secured to the sides 3 of the container, by means of clips 13, 14, Figs. 5 and 6, that may be moved into or out of interlocking engagement by twisting the ring-cover 8 in relation to the cylindrical sides 3 of the container. It will be noted, see Figs. 2 and 3, that the container is made of such a size that the diameters of the outside coils of the package, and the inside of the container, are the same; that the inside diameters of the package, and the inside liange 9 of the ring-cover 8, are the same; and that the thickness of the package o the string-nails equals the distance between the inside of the ring-cover 8 and the inside base 4 of the container.

A hollow cylindrical bearing 15, Figs. 2, 3 and 4, is secured to the base 4 of the container and to the guide-plate 6 of the drum 5, for a supporting-rod, as 16, Fig. 1; which may, if desired, be xed to a standard 17.

This rod 16 is intended to receive one or more of the above-described containers 1; the iange 7 of the drum of one container `the base, and in the longitudinal axis of the become bent abutting'the bottom or base of the adj acentY ring-cover 8 of onecontainer, and the basel of the adjacent container, a guide channel 18 for the string of' nails being withdrawn from the container in question. vWhen, however, there is only one container used, or when the outside container of a series is used, then said container must be provided with a ,guide-plate 19 `having a lhub 20 mounted on the rod to serve as one side of the guide channel 18, required by eachcontainer,

In Figs. 2 and 3, is shown a package oi' coiled nails 2 inside of the container. Obviously, it with its bindings 21 may be inserted into `the container, after the ringcover S is removed. lVhen the package is in position, the ring-cover is replaced, and, when twisted, its clips 13 become interlocked with those let on the cylinder, and all is secure. By cutting the binding 21, through lthe opposite openings 22, the coils become released, but are retained within the base 4f, sides 3, and the ring-coverS, of the container.

Packages of coils having nails of diderent lengths may be similarly mounted in their respective containers, as upon the rod 16, Fig'. 1; each container being capable of being turned on the rod, but its movement retarded by a spring member 23, pressed in between the rod and the bearing 15 of its respective container.

To withdraw the nails from the container, rotatable as on the rod 16, Figs. 1 and 2, the freed end portion of the strand 12 is drawn out through the space 11, Fig. 2; the strand beingl oneof the inside rows of coils forming the inside face of the package 2 as shown in Fig. 3. As the strand is withdrawn, the container is moved against the resistance offered by the drag spring 26; 4the rear smooth face of the strand slides out along the inside edge and face of the inner flange 9, while the saw teeth heads of the nails move unopposed over the nail-guiding flange 7. By means of these guiding flanges, onlythe freed portion of one coil of nails can lbe withdrawn from thevcontainer, and it is impossible for the freed strandto and ver f likely broken, as would be the case were the strand dropped down upon the rod 16, say.

Upon the standard 17 is a bar-support 24, adjustably secured' thereto lby a Vbinding screw 25. This `bar has a hook 26 to support my nailingdevice 27 when not in use,

and a number of spring fingers 28, between which may be held the free ends of those strands of' string-nails not in use.

Obviously this bar 24k may be raised or lowered and there secured in a position to suit the convenience of a standing or a sitting operator.

Having described my invention, its operation and advantages, andv desiring to protect thesainein the broadest manner legally possible,

lVhat I claim is 1. A container for a package of lstringnails, comprising a hollow cylinder with a bottom or base; a bearing in its longitudinal axis whereby the cylinder may be rotatably mounted; a krimg-cover removably secured to the open end portion of' said cylinder and provided with an inwardly extending guide flange, at its inner edge; a circular plate with an outwardly extending nailguiding flange, at its outer edge; said flanges being `separated to form a circular outlet from within said cylinder.

2. Aicontainer for a package of stringnails, comprising a hollow cylinder with a bottom or base; means, in its longitudinal axis, whereby the cylinder may be rotatably mounted; a ring-cover removably secured to the open .end portion of said cylinder and provided with an inwardly extending guide flange, at its inner 4edge; a circular plate with an outwardly extending nail-guiding flange, at its outer edge; said flange being separated yto form a circular outlet from Within said cylinder; and said container having openings therethrough, to enable the cutting of' the fastenings of the package when within the container.

3. A container for a package of stringnails, comprising a hollow cylinder with a bottoni or base; means, in its longitudinal axis, whereby the cylinder may be rotatably mounted; a ring-cover removably secured to the open end portion of' said cylinder and provided with an inwardlyextending guide flange, at Vits inner edge; acircular plate with an outwardly extending nail-guiding flange, at its outer edge; said flanges being separated to form a circular outlet from within said cylinder; A,and the sides of the cylindeljhaving openings therethrough, to enable the cutting ofthe fastenings of the package when within the container; a rod upon "which the container may be rotatably mounted; and means whereby a resistance may be offered to -lthe rotation of said container.

4. A container for a package of stringnails, comprising a hollow cylinder with a bottom or base; a bearing, in its longitudinal axis, whereby the cylinder maybe rotatably mounted; a yring-cover removably secured to the open end portion of said cylinder and provided with an inwardly extending `guide flange, at its inner edge; a circular plate with an outwardly extending' nail-guiding flange, at its outer edge; said flanges ,being separated to form a circular outlet from within said cylinder; a rod upon which the container may be rotatably mounted; one or more other like containers mounted upon said rod; the nail-guiding flange of the plate of one container, abutting the bottom of the adjacent container.

5. A container for a package of string nails; comprising a hollow cylinder with a bottom or base; a bearing in its longitudinal axis whereby the cylinder may be rotably mounted; a ring-cover removably secured to the open end portion of said cylinder and provided with an inwardly extending guide flange, at its inner edge; a circular plate with an outwardly extending nail-guidingflange, at its outer edge; said flanges being separated to form a circular outlet from within said cylinder; a rod upon which the container may be rotatably mounted; one or more other like containers mounted upon said rod, the nail-guiding flange of the plate, abutting the bottom of the adjacent container; and a guide-plate removably secured to said rod, to abut the nail-guiding flange of the said plate of the last container of the series of containers.

Copies or this patent may be obtained for 6. A. container for a package of string nails, comprising a hollow cylinder with a bottom or base; a bearing in its longitudinal axis whereby theJ cylinder may be rotatably mounted; a ring-cover removably secured to the open end portion of said cylinder and provided with an inwardly extending guide flange, at its inner edge; a circular plate with an outwardly extending nail-guiding flange, at its outer edge; said flanges being separated to form a circular outlet from within said cylinder; a rod upon which the container may be rotatably mounted; one or more other like containers mounted upon said rod; the nail-guiding flange of the plate, abutting the bottom of the adjacent container; a guide-plate removably secured to said rod, to abut the nail-guiding flange of the said plate of the last container of the series of containers; a standard to sustain said rod and containers; and devices to hold the end portions of the freed strands of string-nails when not in use.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JGHN P. DUBOSH.

Washington, D. G. 

